Promoting walking is crucial for sustainable development and fosters individual health and
well-being. Therefore, comprehensive investigations of factors that make walking attractive …

Population aging is a conspicuous demographic trend shaping the world profoundly.
Walking is a critical travel mode and physical activity for older adults. As such, there is a …

To date, most studies on building environments and walking behavior have utilized top-
down approaches (eg, big data or social media data) yet lack bottom-up approaches to …

Active school commuting makes a vital contribution to physical activity, thus improving the
health and well-being for children and adolescents. The built environment is widely …

To reconcile the conflict between urban population agglomeration and spatial resource
constraints, some cities are continuously expanding their space to high altitudes, gradually …

This dissertation aims to investigate the association of streetscape features with pedestrian
activity in Shanghai. Streetscape features related to pedestrian activity have not been …

Human-perceived landscape and amenities are not equivalent to the objective physical
world. Traditional big data research that only uses objectively measured environments …

Previous research has reported that greenery is an important factor in walking activities, with
greenery existing in various forms, including trees, gardens, green walls, and other …

Stimulating more citizens to walk plays an essential role in building a healthy city. This paper
explores the mismatch between walkability and walking behavior, using mobile phone data …

Walkability is an important issue in urban planning equity, which is primarily influenced by
the objective environment and subjective perception. However, assessing the objective …